BZN Volume
60, Part 2, 30 June 2003
Abstracts
of Cases
Abstracts
of the Applications published on 30 June 2003 in Volume
60, Part 2 of the Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature
Comment
or advice on any of these Applications is invited for publication
(subject to editing) in the Bulletin and should
be sent to the Executive Secretary, International Commission
on Zoological Nomenclature, c/o The Natural History Museum,
Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, U.K. (e-mail: iczn@nhm.ac.uk).
Case
3211 (see Comments BZN 61:3, 62:2 &
Opinion 2133)
CLIONIDAE
d'Orbigny, 1851 (Porifera, Hadromerida): proposed emendment
of spelling to CLIONAIDAE to remove homonymy with CLIONIDAE
Rafinesque, 1815 (Mollusca, Pteropoda)
Philippe
Bouchet
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle,
55 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France (e-mail:
pbouchet@cimrs1.mnhn.fr)
Klaus
Rützler
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian
Institution, Washington, DC 20560, U.S.A. (e-mail:
ruetzler.klaus@nmnh.si.edu)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, under Articles 29 and 55.3.1
of the Code, is to remove homonymy between the family names
CLIONIDAE Rafinesque, 1815 (Mollusca) and CLIONIDAE d'Orbigny,
1851 (Porifera) by changing the spelling of the junior
homonym. It is proposed that the entire name Cliona Grant,
1826 (Porifera) be used to form CLIONAIDAE, leaving the
stem of the senior homonym (based on the name Clione Pallas,
1774, Mollusca) unchanged. Clione Pallas, 1774 and Clio Linnaeus,
1767 are respectively the type genera of CLIONIDAE Rafinesque,
1815 (Mollusca) and CLIOIDAE Jeffreys, 1869 (Mollusca).
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy;
CLIOIDAE; CLIONAIDAE; CLIONIDAE; Clio; Cliona; Clione; Clio
pyramidata; Cliona celata; Clione
borealis; pteropods; boring sponges.
Case
3249 (see Opinion
2093)
Lithasia Haldeman,
1840 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): proposed conservation
Russell
L. Minton
Department of Zoology, Field Museum of
Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive,
Chicago, IL 60605, U.S.A. (e-mail: rminton@fmnh.org)
Arthur
E. Bogan
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences,
4301 Reedy Creek Road, Raleigh, NC 27607,
U.S.A. (e-mail: arthur.bogan@ncmail.net)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the
Code, is to conserve the name Lithasia Haldeman,
1840 for a genus of freshwater prosobranch gastropods (family
PLEUROCERIDAE) from the eastern United States. This name
is already on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology
and has been in continuous use for over 140 years. However,
it is threatened by a senior subjective synonym Ellipstoma Rafinesque,
1818. The name Ellipstoma has had little usage,
and then mainly in lists. The names of its included species
have never been adopted and suppression of the name Ellipstoma is
proposed.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy;
Gastropoda; PLEUROCERIDAE; freshwater prosobranch
gastropods; Lithasia; Lithasia
geniculata; eastern United States.
Case
3232 (see Comments BZN 60:4, 61:2; Case closed June 2005)
Melania
curvicostata Reeve, 1861 and Goniobasis paupercula Lea,
1862 (currently Elimia curvicostata and E.
paupercula; Mollusca, Gastropoda): proposed conservation
by designation of a neotype for M. curvicostata
Fred
G. Thompson
Florida Museum of Natural History, University
of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 23611, U.S.A. (e-mail:
fgt@flmnh.ufl.edu)
Elizabeth L. Mihalcik
Bainbridge College, Bainbridge, Georgia 31717, U.S.A.
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, under Articles 75.5 and 75.6
of the Code, is to conserve, by designation of a neotype
for Melania curvicostata, the specific names of
two well-known freshwater snail species: Melania curvicostata Reeve,
1861 (currently Elimia curvicostata) and Goniobasis
paupercula Lea, 1862 (currently E. paupercula)
(family PLEUROCERIDAE) from the southeastern U.S.A. The
nomenclatural stability of these names is threatened because
none of the remaining syntypes of E. curvicostata is
the one that was figured in the original description of E.
curvicostata. This syntype is believed to be lost and
the remaining syntypes have recently been recognized as
specimens of E. paupercula.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy;
Mollusca; Gastropoda; PLEUROCERIDAE; Elimia
curvicostata; Elimia paupercula;
freshwater snails; southeastern United States.
Case
3246 (see Opinion
2097)
Scorpio
chilensis Molina, 1782 (currently Bothriurus
chilensis; Arachnida, Scorpiones): proposed suppression
of the specific name
Luis
E. Acosta and Camilo I. Mattoni
CONICET - Cátedra de Diversidad
Animal I, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas,
Físicas y Naturales, Universidad
Nacional de Córdoba, Av. Vélez
Sarsfield 299, 5000 Córdoba, Argentina (e-mail:
lacosta@com.uncor.edu)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, under Article 81.1 of the
Code, is to ensure nomenclatural stability by suppression
of the name Scorpio chilensis Molina, 1782 (currently Bothriurus
chilensis). It is impossible to determine the actual
scorpion species to which the name Scorpio chilensis was
originally applied, and Molina's concept probably included
more than one taxon. Subsequent authors have applied
the name to various different taxa that occur in Chile
and other South American countries. Any attempt to fix
the name Scorpio chilensis to any one taxon would
threaten the usage of the names of the well established
Chilean species Bothriurus vittatus (Guérin
Méneville, 1838), B. coriaceus Pocock,
1893 and B. keyserlingii Pocock, 1893, resulting
in nomenclatural instability.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy;
Arachnida; BOTHRIURIDAE; Bothriurus; Bothriurus
coriaceus; Bothriurus keyserlingii; Bothriurus
vittatus; Chile; South America; Scorpiones.
Case
3238 (see Opinion
2095)
Rhagodes Pocock,
1897 (Arachnida, Solifugae): proposed conservation
Mark
S. Harvey
Department of Terrestrial Invertebrates,
Western Australian Museum, Francis St., Perth,
Western Australia 6000, Australia (e-mail:
mark.harvey@museum.wa.gov.au)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, under Article 81.2.2 of the
Code, is to conserve the generic name Rhagodes Pocock,
1897 for a group of solifuges or sun spiders (family RHAGODIDAE)
by proposed suppression of the older name Rhax Hermann,
1804. Rhagodes was an unnecessary replacement for Rhax,
but has been used by almost all authors since 1897. Acceptance
of the priority of the name Rhax would not serve
nomenclatural stability, as it would require all 27 nominal
species currently included in Rhagodes to be transferred
to the nominal genus Rhax.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy;
Arachnida; RHAGODIDAE; Rhagodes; Rhagodes
melanus; solifuges; sun spiders; Asia;
Africa.
Case
3244 (see Comments BZN 60:4, 61:3 & Opinion
2124)
TEREMOPSIDAE
Holmgren, 1911, Termopsis Heer, 1849 and Miotermes Rosen,
1913 (Insecta, Isoptera): proposed conservation of prevailing
usage by the designation of Termopsis bremii Heer,
1849 as the type species of Termopsis
Michael
S. Engel
Division of Entomology, Natural History
Museum, Snow Hall, 1460 Jayhawk Boulevard,
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045-7523,
U.S.A. (e-mail: msengel@ku.edu)
Kumar
Krishna and Christopher Boyko
Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American
Museum of Natural History, Central Park West
at 79th Street,
New York, N.Y. 10024-5192, U.S.A.
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, under Article 70.2 of the
Code, is to conserve the current usage of the generic names Termopsis Heer,
1849 and Miotermes Rosen, 1913 and the family name
TERMOPSIDAE Holmgren, 1911 for well known groups of termites.
Both nominal genera have the same type species, Termopsis
procerus Heer, 1849, and it is proposed that this problem
of synonymy be resolved by designation of Termopsis
bremii Heer, 1849 as the type species of Termopsis.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy;
Isoptera; TERMOPSIDAE; Termopsis; Miotermes; Termopsis
bremii; Termopsis procerus; termites.
Case
3257 (see Comments & Opinion
2114)
Acmaeodera
oaxacae Fisher, 1949 and Polycesta deserticola Barr,
1974 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed precedence of
the specific names over those of Acmaeodera philippinensis Obenberger,
1924 and Polycesta aruensis Obenberger, 1924
respectively
C.L.
Bellamy
Plant Pest Diagnostics Lab., California
Department of Food & Agriculture, 3294
Meadowview Road, Sacramento, California 95832,
U.S.A. (e-mail: cbellamy@cdfa.ca.gov)
R.L.
Westcott
Plant Division, Oregon Department of Agriculture,
Salem, Oregon 97310, U.S.A. (e-mail: rwestcot@oda.state.or.us)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, under Articles 23.9.3 and
81.2.3 of the Code, is to conserve the specific names Acmaeodera
oaxacae Fisher, 1949 and Polycesta deserticola Barr,
1974 for two species of jewel beetle (family BUPRESTIDAE)
by giving them precedence over their respective little-used
and poorly defined senior synonyms: Acmaeodera philippinensis Obenberger,
1924 and Polycesta aruensis Obenberger, 1924. The
subjective synonymy of A. philippinensis and A.
oaxacae is published here for the first time.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy;
Coleoptera; BUPRESTIDAE; Acmaeodera oaxacae; Polycesta
deserticola; Acmaeodera philippinensis; Polycesta
aruensis; jewel beetles.
Case
3254 (see Opinion
2099)
Aphodius
niger Illiger, 1798 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed
conservation of the specific name
Frank-Thorsten
Krell
Department of Entomology, The Natural
History Museum, Cromwell Road, London
SW7 5BD, U.K. (e-mail: F.Krell@nhm.ac.uk)
Darren
J. Mann
Hope Entomological Collections, Oxford
University Museum of Natural History,
Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PW, U.K. (e-mail:
darren.mann@oum.oxford.ac.uk)
Robert
B. Angus
School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway,
University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20
0EX, U.K. (e-mail: R.Angus@rhul.ac.uk)
Jason
F. Maté
Department of Entomology, The Natural
History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7
5BD, U.K. (e-mail: jfmate@hotmail.com)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, in relation to Articles 57.3.1
and 59.1 of the Code, is to conserve the specific name Aphodius
niger Illiger, 1798 for a widely distributed and endangered
species of European dung beetle. At present, this nominal
species is invalidly referred to as Scarabaeus niger Panzer,
1797 (currently Aphodius niger (Panzer, 1797), a
senior secondary homonym of Aphodius niger Illiger,
1798). It is proposed that Aphodius niger Illiger,
1798 be conserved by suppression of the name Scarabaeus
niger Panzer, 1797. Panzer's actual species is considered
to be conspecific with Aphodius granarius (Linnaeus,
1767) or Aphodius varians Duftschmid, 1805, but
not with Aphodius niger Illiger, 1789. A lectotype
for Aphodius niger Illiger, 1789 is designated.
Keywords. Nomenclature; Coleoptera;
SCARABAEIDAE; Aphodius; Aphodius
niger; dung beetle; endangered species;
British Red Data Book; U.K. Biodiversity
Action Plan; Europe.
Case
3194 (see Comments & Opinion
2112)
Lius Deyrolle,
1865 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed conservation
C.L.
Bellamy
Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, California
Department of Food &
Agriculture, 3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento,
California 95832, U.S.A. (e-mail: cbellamy@cdfa.ca.gov)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the
Code, is to conserve the generic name Lius Deyrolle,
1865 for a group of jewel beetles (family BUPRESTIDAE)
by suppressing its unused senior primary homonym Lius Chevrolat,
1838.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy;
Coleoptera; BUPRESTIDAE; Lius; Lius
ignitus; buprestids; jewel beetles.
Case
3230 (see Opinion
2102)
Colobodus Agassiz,
1844 (Osteichthyes, Perleidiformes): proposed designation
of C. bassanii de Alessandri, 1910 as the type
species, with designation of a neotype
Raoul
J. Mutter
Department of Biological Sciences and
Laboratory for Vertebrate Paleontology, University
of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E9 Canada
(e-mail: rmutter@ualberta.ca)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, which relates to Chapter 15
of the Code, is to set aside all previous type fixations
for the fossil fish genus Colobodus Agassiz, 1844
and to designate Colobodus bassanii de Alessandri,
1910 as the type species. The nominal species Colobodus bassanii is
the best representative of the characteristics of the genus Colobodus.
A neotype is designated for Colobodus bassanii under
Article 75.3 of the Code.
Keywords. Nomenclature; taxonomy;
Osteichthyes; Perleidiformes; fossil fish; Colobodus; Colobodus
bassanii; Middle Triassic; Besano Formation;
Italy; Switzerland.
Case
3226 (see Opinion
2104)
Lacepède,
B.G.É. de la V., 1788, Histoire Naturelle des
Quadrupèdes Ovipares: proposed rejection as
a non-binominal work
Jay
M. Savage
Department of Biology, San Diego State
University, San Diego, California 92182-4614,
U.S.A. (e-mail: savy1@cox.net)
Abstract. The
purpose of this application, under Article 11.4 of the
Code, is to ensure nomenclatural stability by suppression
of Lacepède's (1788) work Histoire Naturelle
des Quadrupèdes Ovipares (and all subsequent
editions of this work) as an unavailable, non-binominal
work.
Keywords. Nomenclature;
taxonomy; Lacepède; Histoire Naturelle des Quadrupèdes
Ovipares et des Serpens.
